Here's a look at the best-selling product SKUs through distribution in 2009, according to the NPD Group. Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and IBM each had the top seller in multiple categories, but the notebook category holds a surprise winner.

Dayton Heights Elementary School, a school where over 90 percent of students qualify for free lunch and where working computers were nearly nonexistent, got a complete technology makeover, thanks to help from Everything Channel's XChange community.

Google has unveiled the Google Apps Marketplace, an online store for cloud applications that tie into Google Apps. Here we take a look at 10 applications in the Google Apps Marketplace that are already making waves.

Despite a lagging economy and depleted attendance, RSA 2010 Conference exhibitors still came up with creative ways to pull visitors into their booths. Here are some of the unusual signage and cheesy tricks that caught our eyes on the show floor.

During the 2010 CRN Channel Champions Awards ceremony March 10 in Los Angeles, Everything Channel celebrated 20 years of recognizing the most innovative, reliable and channel-friendly IT companies in the industry. Here are highlights from the festivities.

As solution providers evaluate which vendors to hitch their wagons to in the cloud, we look at partner programs from 10 cloud vendors that will arm partners with the tools, support and revenue to be successful in cloud computing.

Apple doesn't often buy companies, and it's almost always tight lipped about how they'll fit into its strategy. But when you look at Apple's history, some acquisitions stand out in terms of adding important features to existing product lines or opening doors into new markets.

FileMaker released FileMaker Pro 11, the next generation of their flagship workgroup and SMB database package. We had a chance to try out some of the new features, which include charting capabilities, new collaboration options, improved search, and enhanced report generation.

Software platforms and applications at HIMSS are like beaches in Hawaii: everywhere, plentiful and, many of them, superlative. Here are 10 we saw and heard about in the HIMSS exhibit hall that especially resonated.

VAR500 solution providers saw a number of new doors open this week. From innovative data centers that could become industry standard to discussions of innovation through IT, the largest solution providers in North America had a busy week.

Our ongoing coverage of HIMSS, health care IT's biggest annual confab, continues with a look at select networking and infrastructure products on display at the show. Everything from wireless monitoring to collaboration and video platforms was seen in the halls this week.

While most of this week's security attention is focused on RSA, our coverage of products seen at HIMSS, health-care IT's biggest annual confab, continues with commanding security products for the vertical.

Vendors of all sizes have descended on Atlanta this week for HIMSS, the year's biggest healthcare IT confab. All week we'll be looking at hot products seen in the exhibit hall, and here's a look at a select few of the many systems and peripherals that left an impression on opening day.

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XChange Solution Provider 2015 is finally upon us and the timing couldn't be better. The premier channel event is happening March 1-3 in Dallas, bringing together 225 solution provider decision makers from across North America. CRN is at the event to provide news, analysis and a firsthand take from partners.